in spite of him

  • 1in spite of him — despite him …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 2Spite — Spite, n. [Abbreviated fr. despite.] 1. Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite. Pope. [1913 Webster] This is the deadly spite that angers. Shak.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3Spite of — Spite Spite, n. [Abbreviated fr. despite.] 1. Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite. Pope. [1913 Webster] This is the deadly spite that angers.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4Spite and Malice — is a card game for two or more players; it is a form of competitive solitaire. It is also known as Cat and Mouse and commercially sold as Skip Bo. A different card game also known as Spite and Malice is sold by Hasbro… …

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  • 5Spite house — A spite house is a building generally found in an urban environment that is constructed or modified because someone that the builder feels has wronged him does not want it there. Typically built to annoy someone, in most cases a neighbor, these… …

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  • 6spite — spite1 [ spaıt ] noun uncount ** a feeling of wanting to upset someone or cause problems for them, especially because you think something is unfair: a candidate motivated by political spite out of spite: She refused out of spite. in spite of… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 7spite — I UK [spaɪt] / US noun [uncountable] ** a feeling of wanting to upset someone or cause problems for them, especially because you think something is unfair a candidate motivated by political spite out of spite: She refused out of spite. • in spite …

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  • 8Spite Marriage — Infobox Film name = Spite Marriage image size = caption = Theatrical Poster director = Edward Sedgwick Buster Keaton producer = Buster Keaton Edward Sedgwick writer = Story: Lew Lipton Titles: Robert E. Hopkins narrator = starring = Buster Keaton …

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  • 9spite structure — A structure which is of no beneficial use or pleasure to the owner but was erected and is maintained by him for the purpose of annoying his neighbor or with the malicious motive of injuring the neighbor by depriving the latter s premises of light …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 10spite fence — A fence of no beneficial use to an owner of premises, but erected and maintained by him for the purpose of annoying his neighbor. 1 Am J2d Adj L § 106 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary